Killer Deal for Students: Get Windows 7 Home Premium for $30!

Microsoft's latest promotion adds one more reason why it's a good idea to stay in school. How does Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade) for 30 bucks sound? That sounds like a smokin' hot deal to us, and if you're a student at a qualifying college or university, you can pounce on this pricing.

According to Microsoft's terms and conditions, the Windows 7 Academic Offer runs until January 3rd, 2010, although there's a small chance Digital River, the e-commerce site driving the promo, could extend the offer. If eligible, students can choose between Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional, though it's unclear how much extra Professional runs.

These are download versions, though for $13, Microsoft says it will send you a disk.

I was wondering what format the Windows 7 Upgrade download will be. Is it going to be an .ISO? I want to know because I want to see whether or not I need to buy the back-up disk for $13 or I can just burn the .ISO download.

And i am using it now hahahaha! lol My college lets its students download windows 7 pro,XP,or vista for free and other usless software. I guess microsoft is hoping that we will be able to work for them after were done.

It's not that they don't care about high schoolers, it is the fact that College students are more strapped for cash and not only that most high schoolers don't have as much of a need for the computer as a college student would. High school you are still at home with your parents where as most college students are in the dorms and having to pay for a lot of things on their own depending on their parents views.

Most, if not all universities should already have MSDNAA. But you must either be enrolled in a CS, IS, or IT degree, or at least be enrolled in one class in those programs to be able to use MSDNAA. You would need to contact your schools MSDN Academic Alliance Program administrator in order to find out if you are eligible.

I was going to say, many universities will give the software for free. The only advantage to this I could see would be if it takes a while before universites give it out and you want it right away or they just don't give out software.

Yes, but that license is only for while you are going to THAT university, right? The offer above isn't actually tied to the university or college at all, and you can continue using it when you are finished I believe.